Priest
and Seminarian Training WorkshopExtraordinary
Form of the Mass - 1962 Missale Romanum

Chicago Latin Mass Workshop a
Success

CHICAGO, IL (June
3, 2008) - Ever
since Pope
Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum in 2007, the Canons Regular of
St. John Cantius have been hard at work to educate priests how to offer
the Extraordinary Form of the Mass according to the 1962 Missale
Romanum. Their multi-media website, www.SanctaMissa.org,
is not yet
one-year old, yet it has already given assistance to priests throughout
the world learning to offer the usus antiquor.

Because many
priests regularly approach the Canons Regular for personal training in
the Extraordinary Form, it seemed advantageous to them to offer a
formal group-training workshop for priests so that the requests of more
clergy could be met. Working in cooperation with the Archdiocese of
Chicago, the Canons Regular received the blessing of Francis Cardinal
George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, to carry out this work
of
formation, so that the pastoral needs of Catholics today could be
better addressed. His Eminence also suggested inviting seminarians to
the workshop so that they would also be able to gain from this
liturgical and pastoral formation experience.

With enthusiasm,
priests and seminarians descended upon the campus of Mundelein Seminary
on May 19, 2008, to attend a hands-on workshop on the celebration of
the Extraordinary Form of the Mass of the Roman Rite held at the
Cardinal Stritch Retreat House. For the next five days, these priests
and seminarians, who hailed not only from the Archdiocese of Chicago,
but from all over the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Lithuania,
Italy, and the Philippines, would study the ceremony, ritual, rubrics
of the Missal of Blessed John XXIII.

Each day the participants
of the workshop had an opportunity to attend celebrations of the
Traditional Latin Mass, ranging from Missa Pontificalis to Missa Lecta.
Hosted by the Conventual Franciscans, the Missa Pontificalis and Missa
Solemnis were celebrated at Marytown. The celebration of the Missa
Cantata was held three times during the week at the St. Mary Chapel of
Mundelein Seminary. The participants were greeted with warm hospitality
by our hosts at Marytown and Mundelein, and everyone enjoyed
participating in the robust singing of the Gregorian chant ordinaries
and responses.

While
the priests of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius instructed the
priests in the celebration of Low Mass and High Mass, the brothers
taught the seminarians in attendance how to serve at the altar.
Additional tutorials were provided in the correct pronunciation of
ecclesiastical Latin as well as in Gregorian chant.

The workshop
filled the Cardinal Stritch House to its capacity and had a waiting
list of priests who expressed a desire to attend. Due to the popularity
and success of this workshop, the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
are scheduling future training workshops for priests and seminarians at
the Cardinal Stritch House.

The
entire success of this workshop was entrusted to Our Blessed Mother,
and each day the priests and seminarians begged her intercession as
they continued to study the celebration of the Extraordinary Form, so
that they might return to their parishes and serve the faithful
attracted to the Sacred Liturgy celebrated according to the venerable
traditions of our fathers.

"In
order to better serve
Catholics who wish to worship according to the 'Forma extraordinaria', ample
and ongoing catechesis in the form of the Mass must be available. This
can only be achieved if, first of all, priests and seminarians are
prepared to serve this need."

—H.
E. Francis Cardinal George

Low
Mass at one of the many altars at the Cardinal Stritch Retreat House

Missa
Cantata at Mundelein Seminary Chapel

Pontifical
Mass in Marytown's Chapel

During
the workshop, the Most
Rev. Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of
Chicago, presented a talk entitled The Spirituality of the Traditional
Latin Mass, showing how the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the
Mass, held in equal honor, can enrich the Catholic faithful in parish
life. Plunging into the spiritual depths of the Traditional Latin Mass,
Bishop Perry inspired all to receive the Extraordinary Form as a gift
from the Church, meant to nourish souls with the grace of God.

Most
Reverend Joseph N. Perry

Rev.
C. Frank Phillips, C.R., Pastor of St. John Cantius Church
in Chicago,
and Founder of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, gave a lecture
entitled The Extraordinary Form in Parish Life Today, detailing ways in
which the celebration of classical form of the Liturgy can be
successfully integrated into parochial life and help provide Catholics
of all ages with a deep appreciation of the heritage and tradition that
is ours.

Rev.
C. Frank Phillips, C.R.

Rev.
C. Frank Phillips C.R. explaining the rubrics of the Mass

All of the twenty-two altars at the Cardinal Stritch
Retreat House were in use

Additional
Photographs

Monday, May 19, 2008Pontifical Mass at Our Lady of the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel at
Marytown, the National Shrine of St. Maximillian Kolbe.

The
blessing before the Proclamation of the Gospel

The
Proclamation of the Gospel

The
Elevation

Tuesday, May 20, 2008Solemn Mass at Our Lady of the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel at
Marytown, the National Shrine of St. Maximillian Kolbe.

Incensation
of the altar at the offertory

Wednesday, May 21, 2008Missa Cantata at University of St. Mary
of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary

Elevation
of the Host

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Missa Cantata and Procession with the Blessed Sacrament
at University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary

Benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament

Friday, May 23, 2008
Requiem Mass at University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary